Draft genome sequences of six Escherichia coli isolates from the stepwise model of emergence of Escherichia coli O157:H7

J Bacteriol. 2011 Apr;193(8):2058-9. doi: 10.1128/JB.00118-11. Epub 2011 Feb 11.

Abstract

Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) of serotype O157:H7 has been implicated in food-borne illnesses worldwide. An evolutionary model was proposed in which the highly pathogenic EHEC O157:H7 serotype arose from its ancestor, enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC) O55:H7 (sorbitol fermenting [SOR(+)] and β-glucuronidase positive [GUD(+)]), through sequential gain of virulence, phenotypic traits, and serotype change. Here we report six draft genomes of strains belonging to this evolutionary model: two EPEC O55:H7 (SOR(+) GUD(+)) strains, two nonmotile EHEC O157:H(-) strains (SOR(+) GUD(+)) containing plasmid pSFO157, one EHEC O157:H7 (SOR(-) GUD(+)) strain, and one O157:H7 strain containing plasmid pSFO157 (SOR(+) GUD(+)).

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • DNA, Bacterial / chemistry*
  • DNA, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / genetics*
  • Escherichia coli / isolation & purification
  • Evolution, Molecular*
  • Foodborne Diseases / microbiology
  • Genome, Bacterial*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Plasmids
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial

Associated data

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  • GENBANK/AETY00000000
  • GENBANK/AETZ00000000
  • GENBANK/AEUA00000000
  • GENBANK/AEUB00000000
  • GENBANK/AEUC00000000